97-99 AMENDING THE CITY CODE CHAPTER 71

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5 � � • • � ' ' CHAPTER 71 TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE FEE 1. DEFINITION. As used in this Chapter,the following terms shall have the following , meanings: I' (a) "Gross Charges" means the amount paid to a telecommunications retailer for the act or privilege of originating or receiving telecommunications within the City, and for all services rendered in connection therewith, valued in money whether paid in money or otherwise, including cash, credits, services, and property of every kind or nature, and shall be determined without any deduction on account of the cost of such telecommunications, the cost of the materials used, labor or service costs, or any other expense whatsoever. In case credit is extended, the amount thereof shall be included only as and when paid. "Gross charges" for private line service shall include charges imposed at each channel point within the City, charges for the channel mileage between each channel point within the City, and charges for that portion of the interstate inter-office channel provided within the City. However, "gross charges" shall not include: (1) any amounts added to a purchaser's bill because of a charge made under: (i) the fee imposed by this Section, (ii) additional charges added to a purchaser's bill under Section 9-221 or 9-222 of the Public Utilities Act, (iii) amounts collected under Section 8-11-17 of the Illinois Municipal Code, (iv) the tax imposed by the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act, (v) 911 surcharges, or (vi) the tax imposed by Section 4251 of the Internal Revenue Code; (2) charges for a sent collect telecommunication received outside the City; (3) charges for leased time on equipment or charges for the storage of data or information or subsequent retrieval or the processing of data or information intended to change its form or content. Such equipment includes, but is not limited to, the use of calculators, computers, data processing equipment, tabulating equipment, or accounting equipment and also includes the usage of computers under a time-sharing agreement; (4) charges for customer equipment, including such equipment that is leased or rented by the customer from any source, wherein such charges are disaggregated and separately identified from other charges; 5 char es to business ente rises certified under Section 9-222.1 of the Public � ) g IP Utilities Act to the extent of such exemption and during the period of time specified by the City; EXHIBIT A